Mar 15, 2024, 09:22 ET
The Dominican center is placed in second place in points among players born in Latin America.
Al Horford He had his best game of the season in the Boston Celtics’ 127-112 victory over the Phoenix Suns and his personal tally in points also served to climb positions in the historical list among players born in Latin America in the NBA.
Horford scored 24 points on the day, which raised his career total to 14,054, a figure that allowed him to surpass Argentine Manu Ginobili and thus now occupy second place among Latin American players.
Ginobili had a total of 1,057 games in his NBA career, averaging 13.3 points per game, while Horford accumulated 1,068 games and averaged 12.2 points per game.
Al Horford. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images.
Now Alfred Joel Horford is behind only the Panamanian Rolando Blackman, among players born in Latin America, who scored 17,623 points in total in his NBA career, when he played for the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks from 1981 to 1994.
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Horford, born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, has had a long career that spans 17 seasons and is considered the best Dominican player in the history of the league and remains productive to this day. He had the most points in a game in the last three seasons.
Among Spanish speakers, Pau Gasol is the NBA’s all-time scoring leader with 20,894 points.
The Celtics center scored 8 of his 14 attempts at the basket, including 6 triples in 10 opportunities, also contributing 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in 33 minutes of action. His six 3-pointers tied the highest total of his career.
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In the current campaign, the Dominican’s role in the Celtics has been reduced by the arrival of Kristaps Porzingis, but he is still relevant to the team, averaging 26.8 minutes per game with 8.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
With the victory against the Suns and the defeat of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Celtics became the first team to secure their spot in the postseason.
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